Case Study: Cognizant achieves rapid PPM automation and enterprise transformation with Planview PPM

Cognizant Automates Program and Project Management Processes to Drive Internal Transformation

Cognizant, a global IT consulting and professional services firm with over 340,000 employees, faced a major modernization challenge after a 2020 security breach exposed slow, inconsistent, and labor‑intensive project and portfolio management processes. Managing 40+ remediation and transformation programs revealed a lack of centralized governance, poor visibility into investments, and unsustainable manual reporting that threatened cost efficiency and delivery timelines.

Cognizant implemented Planview PPM to centralize and automate intake, portfolio governance, reporting, and project templates, rolling out consistent processes across domains in six months. The solution delivered faster, more predictable delivery, end‑to‑end visibility, automated reporting and what‑if analyses, improved investment prioritization, and a path to centralized resource capacity management—accelerating time to market and strengthening governance.

Cognizant

Estela Lauricella-thota

Senior Director Of Technology Transformation